Birla Corporation lowered its fuel costs by 11 per cent through negotiated imported petcoke prices to post a 152 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 58.43 crore in the September quarter despite weak sales.

Even though the high court´s prodding has made the state government act on illegal mining, it has apparently not cowed down the criminals. In one such case, Rampur Busher´s Dutt Nagar area has been an active ground for illegal miner to such an extent that the local residents are now in panic fearing that Satluj waters would flood their houses.

Western Coalfields (WCL) opened its mines for the tourists in Maharashtra, a concept that was visualised in March 2015. A year later, it will be taken to the next level as WCL and Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation sign an MoU.

A grid-connected rooftop solar power plant has been installed for the first time in the state at the residence of Thokchom Jotin Singh, Kongpal Kongkham Leikai, Imphal East. The Manipur Government has been working to install a number of rooftop solar power plants whose total installed capacity would be 5 MW within the Twelfth Plan period under MNRE.

Mecon has recommended imposing safeguard import duty or minimum import price (MIP) on primary aluminium products. As per the industry body´s representation to the government, China - the world´s largest producer and consumer of metals including aluminium - is dumping large volumes of aluminium amid weak demand in the country.

Doubts have emerged over the eligibility of Adani´s rail link for public funding as the company pushes ahead with plans for the controversial Carmichael coal project with a promise of 600 jobs at a new operational headquarters in Townsville.

The board of power giant NTPC has approved an investment of Rs 323.35 crore in the PSU´s first wind power project of 50 MW at Rojmal. NTPC has drafted its business plan of capacity addition of about 1,000 MW through renewable resources by 2017.